Building construction.



No. 663,239. Patented Dec 4, I900.

J. C. P'ELTDN. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

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No. 663,239; Patented Dec. 4, I900. I J.'C. PELTON.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

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NITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN COTTER PELTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AS SIGNOR TO THE PEIJTON FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters I Patent No. 663,239, dated December 1900- Application filed June 1, 1900. Serial No. 18,716. on model.)

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Construction, of

which the following is a full, clear, and, enact description. I

My invention relates to building construction, and particularly to certain new and useful improvements in partitions for buildings.

Among the main objects of my invention are simplicity, effectiveness. durability, and economy of manufacture. An important'fear ture of improvement is to produce a partition which will resist fire to a very marked degree.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an illustrative side elevation of a partition embodying my invention, said partition being shown partly in section. Fig. 2is a relatively-enlarged sectional view of a portion of the partition construction shown in Fig. 1, said section being taken on the line X X of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 'is a view of a portion of one of the details of construction. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of another detail of construction.

In the drawings I have not attempted to show the space that each of the partition- 0 blocks occupies relatively to the space between the fioor and the ceiling, but have illustrated the floor and the ceiling as comparatively close together with only a few partition-blocks between them. With this 5 understanding A- is a floor, and B a ceiling.

O C are partition-strengthening devices, preferably formed of sheet-iron. These devices C C are preferably perforated for the purpose hereinafter described. These par- 0 tition-strengthening devices 0 C may be secured at their upper ends to the ceiling and The means by which the said partition-strengthening devices 0 C may be secured to said ceiling and floor may be varied,'as desired; but I These offset ends may be formed integrally by bending the ends of the devices 0 C laterally, so as to cause them to rest fiatwise against the ceiling and the floor, or they may be formed separately, as seen in Fig. l, in which the said offsets are in the form of clips D D, attached to said fastening devices by suitable clamping members or clips D. The devices C C are preferably made of two strips of sheet metal, one folded within the other, as indicated in section, Fig. 2.

E E are partition-blocks formed of any suitable material-for example, fire-brick and the same maybe, as indicated in the several views, perforated so as to save unnecessary weight. The strengthening devices C0 are spaced apart the width of said partitionblocks E, and in setting up the partition the blocks E are slipped into place between the said strengthening devices C. The edges of said blocks adjacent the strengthening devices C are, as shown in Fig. 2, channeled or otherwise suitably recessed for the purpose hereinafter described. When the lower layer of blocks E E are in place, retaining devices F may be employed to temporarily hold the blocks in position, although when the partition is finished said retaining devices are locked in place and materially add to the strength of the structure. The retaining devices F may be formed of sheet metal, and preferably comprise.an intermediate shank portion bearing at one end a clip device F, so shaped as to permit the said clip to be engaged with and slide up and down the strengthening devices 0 when the partition is being built up. The opposite end of the shank of said retaining devices may be provided with offset hooks F, one or more, which may be, as indicated in Fig. 1, pushed into one of the openings in the partition-blocks, thereby preventing the displacement of the block during the process of building up of the partition. Each successive layer of blocksE that are placed in position may be similarly clamped by like retaining devices. By form- 5 ing two hooks F at one end of the shank of the retaining device F and tnrningone hook fill up the space between the floor and the ceiling, (or at any intermediate time,) the builder fills the space between the adjacent upright edges of the blocks (shown in Fig. 2) with any suitable cement G. This cement may be flowed in in a liquid state, so that it willsurround thestrengthening deviceC and strike the lips at the perforations in the strengthening device 0 and be directed by them soas to pass through and become anchored in the perforations therein and also fill up the space between adjacent upright edges of the partition-blocks, thereby forminga secure and a positive key, firmly fastening all of the blocks of the partition in a fixed position and securing them to the devices 0. When this cement has become set or hard, it serves not only the useful purpose of a key for the several partition-blocks, but it also adds substantial strength to the device 0, which it surrounds. Consequently when the partition is finished it is of the strongest possible character and is practically fireproof.

The simplicity of this construction makes it apparent that it may be very quickly built up and completed.

The various elements entering into the construction may be formed of any suitable material, and the order employed in building the partition may be varied atwill.

It is obvious that if the partition-blocks are not perforated or recessed at their upper or lower ends there will be no cavity into which the hooked end of the fastening devices F may be projected, and consequently in place of forming thehooks upon the extreme end of the shank of said fastening device other hooks could be formedat the edges thereof to embrace the opposite sides of the thing to be engaged. An example of a side hook is shown in the drawings, Fig. 1, said hook being indicated by the reference-letter D Obviously such a modification and other modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention disclosed and claimed herein.

What I claim is 1. In a building construction in combination, a plurality of partition-blocks having abutting faces, a groove in each abutting face, said grooves cooperating to form a longitudinal opening, a metal strip located in said opening and having tongues punched out of said strip and standing at an angle thereto to receive a filling material and direct the same through the holes in said strip from which said tongues were punched.

2. -In a building construction in combina tion, a plurality of building-blocks having substantially abutting faces, a groove in each block cooperating to form a longitudinal open ing, and a strengthening piece running through said opening, and a device to retain a block in place including a sheet-metal strip bent to engage said strengthening-strip and having an extension to pass along one of the other edges of one of said'blocks and engage the same to hold said block in place.

.3. In a building construction in combination, a strengthening device running from floor to ceiling, a plurality of building-blocks, each of said blocks having a groove in its vertical face and so placed that said strengthening device 'is located in said grooves, and a retaining device formed of sheet metal and bent around said strengthening-strip so as to slidably engage the same, said retaining device having an extended foot to pass under the lower edge of one of said blocks and carrying engaging means to engage a plurality of said blocks and hold the same in position.

JOHN CUTTER 'PELTON. Witnesses:

L. VREELAND, E. P. NEwELL. 

